bi-
English
/baɪ-/
prefix
Definitions
- two, paired, both
- (chemistry) half
- before a vowel bio-
Etymology
Derived from Latin bis (twice, in two ways, again), bīnus, binus (double).
Origin
Latin
bīnus, binus
Gloss
double
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ennial English
- bicentennial English
- bicentennially English
- bipinnaria English
- cent- English
- Bicorniger Latin
- biceps Latin
- bicorniger Latin
- biformis Latin
- bilanx Latin
- bilinguis Latin
- binus Latin
- bis Latin
- biscoctus Latin
- bīnus, binus Latin
- ex Latin
- bi- German
- bi- Italian
- bis Italian
- bis- Italian
- bi- French
- biscuit French
- bi- Spanish, Castilian
- bizcocho Spanish, Castilian
- *dwís Proto-Indo-European
- bi- Portuguese
- bis Portuguese
- bi- Czech
- beseel Old French
- bis Esperanto
- bi- Catalan, Valencian
- bi- Galician
- birollo Galician
- bis Albanian